faldwortht

[Skinner, after Spelman, gives AS. * fald Faldstool, def. 5. wurth, explaining it as gives an AS. * faldwurth, entitled to (worthy of) the privilege of faldage ( libertate faldagii dig nus). Not found in AS. documents. See fald age.] In old law, a person old enough to be reckoned a member of a decennary, and so become subject to the rule or law of frank-pledge. Falernian (fa-ler'ni-an), a. and n. [L. Fa lernus, pertaining to a district (Falernus ager) in Camp an i a ( Falernum, sc. vinum, Falernian wine), prob., like Faliscus (for * Falesicus ), an adj. a ociated with the local, orig. tribal, name Hogg, Tales, I. 9. Falerii (see Faliscan ), perhaps orig. orig. inhabitants Gin ye dinna tie him till a job that he canna get quat o', he'll flee frae ae falderall till an it her a' the days o' his life.